Take Back Your Wedding

I highly recommend a book called Take Back Your Wedding.  An essential read.  Buy it today! As Dr. William Doherty and his daughter, Elizabeth Doherty Thomas, say in their e-book, Take  Back  Your Wedding, “Planning a wedding is one of the hardest things you will do in your life, and one of the most thrilling when it all comes together. “With the possible exception of building a house together, there is nothing in a couple’s life that involves more decisions, small and large, than a wedding.” They wrote this book out of their own experience during Elizabeth’s...

Check Out My Post On A Great New Blog

I was a guest blogger for Two Peds in a Pod.  Enjoy my article, Not Small Talk: How to Explain Big Topics to Young Children Whether you are discussing after dinner cleanup or explaining a complex issue such as an impending divorce, keep in mind talking to a young child is not the same as talking to a  “little adult.” It’s important to be receptive to what we call teachable moments. Be prepared to respond when you perceive that your child is ready and then follow your child’s lead. Here’s such a moment: Johnny, age three, asks Sam, his dad,...

My First Blog Post

This is a first installment of my blog. I’m excited about it and nervous. Will it be useful and meaningful? Will I be able to keep up with it? My interests are so broad that I’m afraid my posts won’t have a consistent thread. Well, maybe that’s not me. I’m, at times, disparate, inattentive and self-centered. I often am motivated to instruct rather than take the time to listen first. Mostly my motivation is to be collaborative. To me, this means to have confidence in my own beliefs, recognize the validity of the beliefs of others and engage in conversation that...

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Is Your Relationship All It Could Be?

I highly recommend the Couple Check Up. It was developed by Dr. David Olson, a friend of mine and someone that I have known for many years. The Couple Checkup is based on 25 years of research on the Prepare/Enrich inventory developed by Dr Olson and his colleague, Dr. Peter Larson. More than two million couples from all over the world have taken the Prepare/Enrich Inventory. They developed the Couple Check Up to be user friendly and easily accessible online. It is designed to identify your unique relationship strengths and growth areas. There are separate inventories for...

Are You a Single Mom or Dad?

50 Wonderful Ways to Be a Single Parent Family Buy the book today! In this slim, accessible book, well-known family enhancement therapy expert Barry Ginsberg provides busy single-parent families with insightful and inspiring suggestions on how to heighten familial intimacy, balance work and home life, enhance communication, and boost the family fun factor. In the last 20 years, single-parent families have become more common than their so-called nuclear counterparts. In addition to feeling as if they are under a great deal of stress, single parents also lack confidence in...